I've emptied the bottle of Italian Vino Rosso into a big fish bowl like glass.. cheers ! Just a quiet drink before bed .
After this I'll have a nice glass of hot water and then hit thehay .

I've found something quite disgusting and tasty to eat : dried up falaffel from two days ago. I'm telling you .. its chewy and tasty and just spicy enough. Goes really well together with the wine. Yummy . It looks disgusting though.

I can't just drink. I have to nibble as well.

Peace surrounds me as I type .
Nearly midnight now
I love this hour.
I wonder if I'll see the moon tonight.
She is illusive when she is waning.
It's a clear starry night , but no sign of her yet.

" There's a great big hole in my wall now " says my mum.

There'd been drilling and more drilling sounds coming from the house next door and apparently they'd drilled right through the wall !

Amazing. Mum's house ís a Victorian terrace and the walls are really thick.Twits . Electricians to blame .

My sister has phoned and has finally been promised that someone would be coming round to fix the damage and to fix it properly they would have to wallpaper the whole room !

My friend Lara in Sibería sent me these pictures of her friend's dog's puppies.

I 'm a lily lol

You Are A Lily

You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist.
People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you.
You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words.
Your caring has more of an impact than even

http://www.blogthings.com/whatflowerareyouquiz/

When I was little , we always saw and marvelled at the Chesterfield Church spire which was in the distance on the left on our way to London .

" Chesterfield in Derbyshire is synonymous with the crooked spire on top of the church of Our Lady and All Saints. It gives Chesterfield its identity. Built, along with much of the rest of the church in the 14th century, it was straight for several centuries before it began to twist, probably as a result of unseasoned timber being used for its construction. It now leans nearly 9ft to the south and is still moving.

The large church is a fine cruciform building consisting of an aisled nave of 6 bays, a central tower, transepts and a 2 bay chancel, flanked by a chapel dedicated to St Katherine to the north and by a Lady chapel to the south. There are a further 2 chapels, one to the Holy Cross, the other to St Peter. The many chapels are due to the numerous guilds which once existed in the town, the oldest of which, the guild of Our Lady and the Holy Cross, was founded in 1218. The lady chapel contains a series of alabaster tombs of the Filjambe family. A particularly fine one is that of Sir Godfrey Foljambe and his wife. "

The leaning lampost in Mrs F 's post reminded me of this .
Next stop Pisa

When in doubt , google

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bluemoon1.html

Although the full moon occurring Thursday, May 31, 2007, will look like an ordinary full moon, it will actually be a bit extraordinary—a blue moon.

What is a Blue Moon?
There are in fact two definitions for a blue moon. According to the more recent definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. For a blue moon to occur, the first of the full moons must appear at or near the beginning of the month so that the second will fall within the same month (the average span between two moons is 29.5 days). May 2007 will have two full moons: the first on May 2, the second on May 31—that second full moon is called the blue moon.

Note that the May 31 date applies to most of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States. In the Eastern Hemisphere, the full moon in question will occur on June 1. For that half of the world, the blue moon will be on June 30, 2007.

The Other Kind of Blue Moon
An older definition for the blue moon is recorded in early issues of the Maine Farmer's Almanac. According to this definition, the blue moon is the third full moon in a season that has four full moons. Why would one want to identify the third full moon in a season of four full moons? The answer is complex, and has to do with the Christian ecclesiastical calendar.

Some years have an extra full moon—thirteen instead of twelve. Since the identity of the moons was important in the ecclesiastical calendar (the Paschal Moon, for example, used to be crucial for determining the date of Easter), a year with a thirteenth moon skewed the calendar, since there were names for only twelve moons. By identifying the extra, thirteenth moon as a blue moon, the ecclesiastical calendar was able to stay on track.

For a fuller explanation see http://www.inconstantmoon.com/cyc_blue.htm. For more background information on the controversy over the two definitions of blue moon, see the Sky and Telescope article, "What's a Blue Moon?" In it they explain how the two different definitions of a blue moon came about—including their own role in introducing the second, modern definition.

A Star Rating for the Modern Blue Moon
Although Sky & Telescope calls the modern blue moon definitition "trendy" and a "mistake," the fact that there is an older, preexisting (and more complicated) definition does not necessarily make it the more interesting or meaningful definition. Charting the "third full moon in four full moons" in a season isn't everyone's idea of an fascinating enterprise. The modern, "trendy" definition, however, points to an intriguing astronomical phenomenon—every so often two moons can manage to position themselves in the same month. Given that full moons occur once every 29.5 days, this is quite an accomplishment!

How Often Does a Blue Moon Occur?
Over the next twenty years there will be a total of 17 blue moons, with an almost equal number of both types of blue moons occurring. No blue moon of any kind will occur in the years 2006, 2011, 2014, and 2017.

The more recent phenomenon, where the blue moon is considered to be the second full moon in a calendar month, last occurred on July 31, 2004. Two full moons in one month may occur in any month out of the year except for February, which is shorter than the lunar cycle.

The other, older blue moon event, which happens when there are four full moons in a season, last occured in August 2005. Since this type of blue moon is reckoned according to the seasons, it can only occur in February, May, August, or November, about a month before the equinox or the solstice.

Twice in a Blue Moon
The rare phenomenon of two blue moons (using the more recent definitition) occurring in the same year happens approximately once every 19 years. 1999 was the last time a blue moon appeared twice, in January and March.

The months of the double blue moons are almost always January and March. That is because the short month that falls in between them, February, is a key ingredient in this once-every-nineteen-year phenomenon. For January and March to each have two full moons, it's necessary for February to have none at all. Since February is usually 28 days long, and the average span between full moons is 29.5 days, if a full moon occurs at the end of January, it's possible for the next full moon to skip February entirely and fall in the beginning of March.

Once in a Blue Moon
"Blue moon" appears to have been a colloquial expression long before it developed its calendrical senses. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first reference to a blue moon comes from a proverb recorded in 1528:

If they say the moon is blue,
We must believe that it is true.
Saying the moon was blue was equivalent to saying the moon was made of green (or cream) cheese; it indicated an obvious absurdity. In the 19th century, the phrase until a blue moon developed, meaning "never." The phrase, once in a blue moon today has come to mean "every now and then" or "rarely"—whether it gained that meaning through association with the lunar event remains uncertain.

( since I am in Sweden, I don't think I will be entitled to a blue moon - it's 1 June in my calender ! )

Met A-S at Dramaten and then walked to Blå Porten, beautiful garden restaurant attached to Lilljevalks Art Gallery. A beautiful oasis with simple food and just desserts.

Lunch , wine , yatta yatta and people watching
A_S was telling me about the story telling course she'd just been on and a fscinating man from Namibia who'd spent 38 years travelling around the world telling stories before returning home with just a small bag of belongings.

Took the tram back into town. Novel. The Gentleman in front of us seemed to appear from a bygone age.

Have snoozed on my sofa and now feeling more awake and alert.

Hope your Sunday is simply beautiful

It was a lovely night at the opera.Magic.
I wore my black and gold Indian sari shawl over a plain black dress. Bohemian style.
My tube takes me straight there .
I emerge fron he depths at street level to clear blue skies and cherry blossoms. The Royal Opera House is just round the corner

The interior is grand- especially the gold hall

Our seats could not have been better - stalls, smack bang in the middle !
The curtain rose to reveal two of the male singers half naked clad only in a towel. They then proceeded to undress .. one slip and we'd have see it all....singing all the while Mozart transported to present day. The two main characters later disguised as hippies ... brilliant .. and all were in good voice. The hours whizzed by and we emerged again at 11pm.

I'm back home now , sipping a glass of red wine and then off to bed ..Mozart singing in my soul -- beautiful harmony .. a real treat.

night Night all ..love and peace in all dimensions with thanks to Wolfgang Amadeus MOzart for his enchanting music XX